Health Care Directives: Beyond the Document to the Conversation

Health Care Directives have been in existence for 25 years as documents. This talk explores the history of health care directives and critiques them as documents. It suggests that the real value of a health care directive is revealed when it serves to facilitate a conversation between a person and significant others about the inevitability and meaning of one’s death.

This event is part of the Mini Bioethics Academy, sponsored by the Center for
Bioethics and is open to anyone interested in learning about and
discussing bioethical issues. Learn more at http://www.ahc.umn.edu/bioethics/events/minibioethics/home.html